12 Aug
Tunnelblick 3.0b14 Flapping “event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)”

Tunnelblick 3.0b14 kept flapping (connecting and disconnecting repeatedly).  The relevant bit from the details window was:
2009-08-12 20:34:23 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
2009-08-12 20:34:23 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
2009-08-12 20:34:23 /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/client.down.osx.sh tun0 1500 1544 10.7.0.94 10.7.0.93 restart
2009-08-12 20:34:23  process restarting
After digging into logs, google, and openvpn settings I thought about what could differ between my install and [...]
19 Jul
No command-tab shortcut to move focus to next application in Mac OS X Screen Sharing

The shortcut I miss most when logging into a host via Apple OS X’s “Screen Sharing” is the ability to cycle through open applications with the click of two buttons (Command Tab).  Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t pass that or similar command-key combos onto the remote host.  What to do; especially once you’ve found that “Move focus [...]
29 May
Please do not heed the pink elephant

Think about anything but the pink elephant in the corner.  This is not the proverbial elephant, but his younger sister.  She’s a good deal smaller, but a smaller elephant is like a smaller tank.  Just how small can it get before it’s not really a tank?
So think about anything but Agnes, the pink elephant, who [...]
16 Apr
art and science have a baby

a baby bot
this definitely falls in the category of random acts of spreading joyfulness
02 Apr
mow the lawn

boingboing scores again!
TV commercial for a women’s razor: “Mow the lawn!” - Boing Boing.
oh yea foreign commercials rule.
24 Mar
some jokes

dirty jokes are universal
china can stop democracy and yet it can’t suppress some animation
23 Mar
ever clever

spammers can avoid any trap you set.
html that snuck past my filters after the link